Acupuncture for treating osteoarthritis of the knee and the hip

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3375-3377

  Liu, Tao ^a   Liu, Chen ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; EDITORIAL; GERMANY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 33750949632     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22155     Document Type: Editorial

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